It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

Allen, 75, is not only a trailblazing artist, but also a champion of arts education — on screen (her most famous role is dance teacher Lydia Grant in the 1980 film Fame and its television adaptation ...

After a special panel spent months debating and repeatedly revising the proposed boundary lines for nine new Baltimore County ...

A coalition of activists, educators and service organizations unveiled a Swim Safety Plan in Camden on Wednesday, making New ...

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Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church,' journalist Kevin Sack offers perspective on the ...

The U.S. Forest Service implemented the tent ban after a recent incident where a black bear scratched a tent with kids inside ...

"President Trump has done his part, now Congress must do their part and pass legislation," a sheriff in a Texas border town told Newsweek.

As Charleston marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the nation's most horrific hate crimes, the community looks back and ...

People of faith gathered again at Mother Emanuel AME on Tuesday just like they did 10 years ago, searching for God’s truth ...

A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his ...

The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and tactical teams were looking for Travis Decker in the Teanaway Valley ...